Starting a new feature here at News to Me(dia), this is the first installment of original work by writer, musician and overall Renaissance-woman Beatrice Hess.
The following is the product of 2 days and 500 miles spent unavoidably experiencing a state of the nation in August 2009.

If I didn’t know better, I would think two things about Beatrice’s views:
1. She does not like South Dakota
2. She is not a Republican